the thing is I have sat with some government and some policy related bodies and can tell you there is good will, policies are being made, laws being proposed for change etc.

Im not sure where the process breaks down oh wait there doesnt seem to be a process for getting us from where we are to where we want to be, I know there is a vision.

Something like nofbi's expansion - ongoing will cover all 47 counties, extending that connectivity from where it lands to other local areas is a challenge that we can probably start proposing solutions for. I am in the wifi/lte camp if you want to do it on the cheap. and yes i believe lte will be as cheap as wifi if not cheaper in the near future.

I also firmly believe that if the elections go well, at least 5 rural connectivity projects will launch (the ones I know about). so yes politics is a major issue ....

JGitau

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Kinuthia Ngugi <kinuthia.ngugi@gmail.com> wrote:
The main issue is the government's whole vision and strategy on how to deliver broadband to the rurual resident. The answer is simple, you need massive government goodwill and investment; both in regulation and capital expenditure. Looking out to private companies and the residents themselves doesnt work for the many reasons given here, and this is proven elsewhere. For example, how did the government of France ensure widespread internet use in the early 90's? they gave out a modem to each rural household to hook up on the X.25 network that laid out countrywide. It is how a government drives something like this that determines whether it succeeds or not....


On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Steve Muchai <smuchai@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Steve Muchai <smuchai@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:02 AM, John Doe <fivepings@gmail.com> wrote:

[.....]
>> 1. If we stopped laying fiber to the same buildings and instead only granted
>> permission to dig up the roads to operators laying fiber to uncovered
>> buildings, we'd probably have covered the entire country by now.

Something on the NANOG list today along-ish the same lines:

http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2013-January/055359.html

BR,
S
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